Don't Talk, Just Listen

Don't Talk, Just Listen
Don't Talk, Just Listen
Studio album by B5
Released	September 10, 2007
Length	54:23
Label	Bad Boy; Atlantic;
Producer	Blaze; Bryan-Michael Cox; Danja; Emile Ghantous; Eric Hudson; Erik Nelson; Mr. Pyro; Harve Pierre; Soul Diggaz; Shea Taylor; The Underdogs; Kevin Wales; Mario Winans;
B5 chronology

Don't Talk, Just Listen is the second studio album by American R&B group B5. It was released by Bad Boy Records on September 10, 2007 in the United Kingdom and on September 11 in the United States. The lone single was "Hydrolics" featuring Bow Wow.

Critical reception

Billboard editor Chuck Eddy wrote: "On the second album by Bad Boy's clean-cut teen pop R&B boy band, syrupy high-register harmonies channel makeout music signposts from doo-wop to DeBarge, vocal acrobatics moonwalk into Michael Jackson territory and bubbly raps emerge from the lush mush. Though their vocal rhythms can get convoluted, the five adolescent Breeding brothers know how to skid over drum-line beats and '80s electronics."^[1] Vibe critic Julianne Shepherd wrote: "Gone are the gossamer voices of tweendom; young-adult life now comes with groupies, hoopties, and heartbreak. For their second album, the Diddy-discovered Breeding brothers snag more mature tracks [...] The writing is often super, cannily masking the boys' sometimes (too) thin voices."^[2]

Chart performance

The album debuted at number 27 on the US Billboard 200, selling about 19,000 copies in its first week.^[3] It also reached the top five of Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.^[3]

Track listing

*Don't Talk, Just Listen* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Hydrolics" (featuring Bow Wow)	Carlos Hassan Corte Ellis Karriem Mack LaShaun Owens Mathew Irby Nigel Talley Shad Gregory Moss	Soul Diggaz	3:56
2.	"How You Not Gonna"	Mario Winans Mike Winans	Mario Winans	4:02
3.	"Right to Left"	Bryan-Michael Cox Kendrick Dean Adonis Shropshire	Cox	3:47
4.	"Erika Kane"	Cox Dean Shropshire Stephen Bishop	Cox	3:51
5.	"She Got It Like That"	Fred "Blaze" Crawford Kevin Wales Patrick Breeding	Crawford Wales	4:42
6.	"Tear Drops"	Ellis Floyd Nathaniel Hills	Danja	3:26
7.	"In My Bedroom"	Mischke Butler Hills Shea Taylor	Taylor	3:34
8.	"All Over Again"	Antonio Dixon Damon Thomas Eric Dawkins Harvey Mason Jr. Steve Russell	The Underdogs Wales	4:05
9.	"What It Do"	Dixon Thomas Dawkins Mason Russell	The Underdogs	3:43
10.	"No One Else"	Gary B. Baker Joel Thomas William Darrell Perry	Harve Pierre	3:04
11.	"I Must Love Drama"	Andre D. Meritt Eric Hudson	Hudson	4:15
12.	"So Incredible"	Carnell Breeding Dustin Breeding Crawford Wales P. Breeding	Pierre	4:08
13.	"Things I Would Do"	Dixon Thomas Dawkins Mason Russell Andre Brisset Daen Simmons Durrell Babbs Emile Ghantous Erik Nelson Richard Castro Bishop	The Underdogs Wales	3:15
14.	"Rockstar" (hidden track)	Simmons Ghantous Nelson Glenn Lott Kelly Breeding Castro	Ghantous Mr. Pyro Nelson	4:19
Total length:				54:23

Circuit City bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
15.	"Boom Boom Boom"	Butler	The Co-Stars Butler	3:11

Personnel

Credits for Don't Talk Just Listen adapted from Allmusic.^[4]

Adonis – Audio Production
Andre 'Hotbox' Brissett – Audio Production
Chris Athens – Mastering
Chapman Bachler – Photography
Gary Baker – Composer
Carnell Breeding – Composer
Kelly Breeding – Composer
Patrick Breeding – Composer
Tank – Composer, Writer, Producer, Background
Blaze – Engineer, Various
Adrian Breeding – Stylist
Briss – Various
Andre Brissett – Composer, Producer
Mike Butler – Engineer
Tiffany Bynum – Production Assistant
Candice Childress – Production Coordination
Sean "Puffy" Combs – Executive Producer
Bryan-Michael Cox – Audio Production, Bass, Composer, Drums, Guitar (Bass), Keyboards, Producer, Programming
Fred Crawford – Arranger, Instrumentation, Producer, Vocal Producer
Nathaniel "Danja" Hills – Audio Production, Composer
Eric Dawkins – Composer
Kendrick "WyldCard" Dean – Composer, Audio Production, Producer, Strings
Steve "Rock Star" Dickey – Engineer
Antonio Dixon – Composer
Corte Ellis – Composer
Fred "Blaze" Crawford – Audio Production
John Frye – Mixing
Rob Gold – Art Manager, Producer
Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell – Engineer
Carlos Hassan – Composer
Nate Hertweck – Assistant
John Holmes – Engineer
Eric Hudson – Audio Production, Composer, Instrumentation, Producer, Various
Jun Ishizeki – Engineer
Rob Knox – Audio Production, Composer, Producer, Various
Mack Woodward – Audio Engineer
Riley Mackin – Assistant
Harvey Mason, Jr. – Composer
Lidia McKinney – Stylist
Justin "Just One" Miller – Engineer
Justin Milner – Engineer
Mischke – Audio Production
Gwendolyn Niles – A&R
Michael Patterson – Mixing
Phantom Boyz – Audio Production
Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre – Executive Producer
Michelle Piza – Packaging Manager
John Regan – Art Direction, Design
Aaron Renner – Engineer
Ruben Rivera – Assistant
Steve Russell – Composer
Alexis Seton – Engineer
Soul Diggaz – Producer, Audio Production
Adonis Shropshire – Vocal Producer, Vocals
Shea Taylor – Audio Production
Damon Thomas – Composer
Sam Thomas – Mixing
Sharon Tucker – A&R
The Underdogs – Audio Production, Mixing, Producer, Various
Kevin Wales – Audio Production, Composer, Engineer, Executive Producer, Producer
Roxy Wales – Stylist
Mario Winans – Audio Production, Composer, Producer
Mike Winans – Composer
Wyldcard – Strings

Charts

Weekly chart performance for *Don't Talk, Just Listen*
Chart (2007)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[5]	27
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[6]	5

References

^ Chuck, Eddy (September 15, 2007). "The Billboard Reviews: Albums". Billboard. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
^ Shepherd, Julianne (October 2007). "B5 'Don't Talk, Just Listen'". Vibe. 15 (10). Vibe Media: 94. ISSN 1070-4701. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Hasty, Katie (September 19, 2007). "Album Sales Down 9% Despite Huge Kanye, 50 Tallies". Billboard.com. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
^ Credits: Don't Talk just Listen. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2011-01-22.
^ "B5 Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
^ "B5 Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 10, 2022.

[Billboard_Rev-1] Chuck, Eddy (September 15, 2007). "The Billboard Reviews: Albums". Billboard. Retrieved June 24, 2024.

[Vibe-2] Shepherd, Julianne (October 2007). "B5 'Don't Talk, Just Listen'". Vibe. 15 (10). Vibe Media: 94. ISSN 1070-4701. Retrieved November 26, 2016.

[Billboard-3] Hasty, Katie (September 19, 2007). "Album Sales Down 9% Despite Huge Kanye, 50 Tallies". Billboard.com. Retrieved June 24, 2024.

[4] Credits: Don't Talk just Listen. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2011-01-22.

[ac_Billboard200_B5-5] "B5 Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 10, 2022.

[ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_B5-6] "B5 Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 10, 2022.

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